The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-25
4 Number Of Sensational Arrests on Federal
Grand Jury Warrants.
GsHsrsl Cirnlhap, Chairman Of the Rspub-
lcsH County Committee, Indicted.
With Him Are Indicted Number Of Promi-
nent Democrats.
They All Declare Their Innocence or the
Charges, and Demand Immediate
TriaIs-Names OF Bondsmen.

There is no longer any secrecy connected
with the report of the United States Grand
Jury. The twelve indictments returned
Friday evening were all for violations of
the election law, and the parties
who stand charged with fraudulent acts
are well-kDown citizens of indianapolis.
Speculation as to the names of those in
dicted was not altogether amiss, and the
list does not vary materially from that
which gossip had prepared The accused
are Messrs. c. y, Bernhamer, Sullivan,
Councilman, Perkins, Span, Metcalf,
Budd, Beck, Reardcn, Mattler and Bar
rows, all of whom, save the last named,
are Democrats of greater or less promi-
nence, and held to answer fer completely
in the alleged alteration of the tally sheets
of the last Marion County election. Bar
rows, the twelfth man, is a Republican,
and is superintendent of the
mechanical department of the In
diana Farmer Company. He was Repub-
lican inspector at one Of the precincts
in the Twenty-First Ward, at the Novem-
Der election, 1886, and is charged with
having voted twice.
There is still another indictment-the
fhirteenth-upon which the warrant has
not yet been served. 1t is, as was reported,
against General james r. Canadian, chair
man of the Republican County Central
Committee, for conspiracy to obtain I'M
lawful possession of the tally sheets, he
having sent out secret circular on the
eve of the election, directing the Repub-
lican inspectors to secure and hold the
tally papers. General Carnahan is now
out of town. and the warrant for b is arrest
will not be served until his return from
the Washington encampment.
Although the indictments had been in
trusted to Clerk Butler and were locked in
mt "a
became revealed in some manner and IL was
definitely known early Saturday morning
that the parties named above were those
against whom charges had been made. The
warrants had scarce been issued when the
eleven Democrats began to appear at the
Federal building and voluntarily
asked permission to give bonds
at $1,000 in the cases Of the alleged con-
splrators and at $500 in the cases involving
ordinary violations OF the election laws.
Mr.. Coy was one of the first to present
himself, and seemed not at all surprised at
the outcome of the Grand Jury's session.
On the contrary, he said he had expected
that such would be the result of the work
Of a partisan jury, and was prepared for
1T. He manifested no doubt of final exon
Grafton, and was good-humored SIS usual,
busyiDg himself in the interest of his
friends with the object in view to see that
none suffered any embarrassment for want
of bondsnen.
Bonds were made out and accepted as
follows:
Simeon Coy, two cases; bond, 81, 800.
Hiram W. Miller, surety.
W. f. A. Bernhamer, two cases; bond,
81, 500. William Hid, surety.
John Z. Sullivan. nna case; bond, 81 900.
Hiram W. Miller, surety.
John II. Counselman, two cases; bond.
81, 500; William Hid and w. F. A. Bern
hamer, sureties.
Samuel E. Perkins, two cases; bond,
1880. Oscar B. Hord and Sylvester John
son, sureties.
henry n. Span, one case; bond, 81, 600.
Albert Sahm and John E. Sullivan, sure
ties.
c. n. Metcalf, one case; bond, $1,000;
Richard F. Stone and Smith II. Myers,
sureties.
George W. Budd, two cases; bond, 81, 500;
John Z. Sullivan, surety.
Albert i. Beck, one case; bond, 81 900;
William Henderson, John W. Ray, r. N.
Lamb and w. @. Griffith, sureties
John s. Reardon, one case; bond, 81 900;
John z. Sullivan, surety.
Stephen Mattler, two cases; bond, 81, 500;
John z. Sullivan, surety.
William f. Barrows, one case; bond,
$500; John B. Conner, surety.
a joint indictment was found by the
Grand Jury against Messrs. Z. Perkins
Coy, Span, II. Councilman, Metcalf, Sui
Ivan, Beck, Budd, Matter, Bernhamer and
Reardon. It consists of three counts.
The first charges that on the
9TH day of November, 1887, they con-
spired to commit offense against the Uni
ted States in feloniously inducing Allan
Hisey to unlawfully neglect to perform
the duty imposed upon him by the law, as
inspector OF the Second Precinct of the
Thirteenth Ward. Hisey, il charges, failed
TO retain in his own possession
one of the tally papers, poll list and GER
tificate Of election, but at the Instigatlon
of these men delivered them to Samuel L.
Perkins. who altered the list before it was
returned to the board of canvassers
The second and third counts
embodies similar charges. The for
mer stating that the indicted men
induced Lorenzo Schmidt, Inspector OF the
Second Precinct Of the Twenty-third Ward,
10 give up the tally-sheets and poll-books
10 John L. Sullivan and George w. Budd,
zhe latter of whom changed the re-
suit of the votes before they were counted.
The third count indIcts the men
named above for persuading John II.
CouDsilman, Inspector of the Second Pre-
cinct of the Fourth Ward, to surrender one
of the tally sheets and one of the poll lists
TO some other person whose name Is I'M
known at present
Separate indictments were returned
against six of the men, Perkins, Coy,
Bernhamer, Budd, Counsilman and Matt